The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-02-03
industrial and Scientific Notes.


decreased Is per cent, while the quality
has been increased IA per cent. In 1886,
out Of the forty-seven brands of fertili-
izers used IN the State, North Carolina
furnished but three, while last year she
furnished ten out of ninety. The weather
station started operations at the expert
mental farm Dec. 1st. At present there
are twenty-five fully equipped and three
partly equipped stations at which obser-
vations are regularly taken. Warnings of
frost and cold waves will he among the
features of the reports. The reports are
published daily at 1877 places in different
parts of the State.
A British steam ship has arrived at New
Orleans, where she will load with Ken
lucky camel coal for Liverpool. There
are two thousand tons awaiting shipment.
The coal mine is at Cloverport, KY, nine
miles from the Ohio River, to which a
railroad is to be built, and lis miles south
west Of Louisville. About 1000 acres are
underlaid with the coal, which brings $l5
TO SlS per 5On In England.
A remarkable iron ore is found in How
ard county, Arkansas. The ore after be-
ing heated in an ordinary blacksmith
forge. can be welded or beaten into any
desired shape. The outcrop of this ore is
two miles in length. five to thirty feet
wide, and of unknown depth.
One of the most important inventions
of recent years in connection with gas
lighting is that Of the ,regenerative bur
ner. Experiment has demonstrated
that if the temperature of gas fame be
raised from 10000 to $4,000 it's light CIV.
ing power is increased hundred fold. In
order to accomplish this purpose gas
burner made as follows is used. An up.
right metallic shaft is fitted with air tight
joints to a hemispherical globe of glass.
In this globe in the burner proper. The
shaft is divided into three parts separated
by partitions. Through the centre one
the gas passes t 0 the burner, through the
second fresh air to maintain combustion,
and through the third the deoxygenized
air and products Of combustion escape
By this means the fame is supplied with
just the proper amount of air and by lin
Ing the hot air passage with metal a large
portion of the heat that would be lost, is
utilized in heating the incoming fresh air
andsgas.
Among the recent inven tons to supply
a cheap, convenient and portable light for
large manufacturing establishments, such
as rolling mills, foundries, machine shops,
&C., is the ''Dangler Torch" This con-
sists Of generator to which is attached a
torch so constructed as to throw out vapor
from fourteen jets three-eighths in cir
conference. three to six inches in length.
Che generator being filled with oil, nap
thas or gasoline readily converts them into
vapors which are highly combustible and
luminous.
The total supply Of tin last year was
1858 tons, which is two hundred tons
less than the year before.
About 5000 miles of new railroad was
laid in 1886. This is only exceeded by the
number of miles laid in two other years,
in, 1881, 9.796 miles, and in 1883, when
II, $50 miles were built,
The longest pipe line in the world will
be the one proposed to be built from the
Caspian Sea, six hundred miles. 1t is in
tended to carry the Balkan petroleum to
vessels. which will carry it to the different
markets of Europe. 1t is to allow the
passage of 100, QO0,oQO gallons of oil year,
and will cost $lO.0OO,OOO. This Russian
petroleum is a dangerous rival to the
American oil, and may seriously affect our
European markets.
There are 1925 quarries of ornamental
and building stone In the United States,
in which over $4,000 are invested. The
value OF the output for the year ending
May 80. 1880, was SIS, 1865, O65,a and morethan
10000 men were employed,
A new use has been found for sugar
and molasses. Water to which lit
tie sugar has been added, will dissolve
more than fourteen times as much lime as
water without the sugar. An English
doctor know ing this was led to try the eff
feet on mortar caused by the addition of
sugar, and by numerous experiments
found both mortar and cement to act
much more quickly and to possess greater
strength than when prepared in the com
mon way. The old Roman mortars which
are proverbial for their endurance and
strength, are supposed to have been pre-
pared in this way.
The first terro-manganese- made in the
United States was from Barton county,
Ga. 1t was made from ore from the Blu.
ford Bank, in small furnace capable of
producing one ton per day. 1t created
such interest that the manufacturers of
Creusot. France, fearing it az rival, sent
an agent over to examine 1t, and if neces-
sary buy it. He returned, however, feel
Ing satisfied that the French manufactu-
rers had no need to fear it as a rival.
Deposits Of high grade manganese are
in this country, but though in 1885 large
amount of capital was invested in mining
it, it did not reach three thousand TONS
This is very small output compared with
that from our own county.
Decided steps ought to be taken to cure
a cold or cough at once. We should recon-
mend DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. This val
liable medicine is endorsed by physicians,
and you can rely on it's doing the work
every time.
Kennedy, the king lion of Barnum's
who had been suffering from
spinal meningitis and pronounced incura-
BILE, was killed on the 10Th by chloreform.